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03/25/10(Thu)14:39 No.447331>>447284 >There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and
fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar
named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the
rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. The time came
when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's Side. The
rich man also died and was buried. In Hell,[2] where he was in torment,
he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he
called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip
the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony
in this fire.' But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your
lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad
things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. And besides
all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those
who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from
there to us.' He answered, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my
father's house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that
they will not also come to this place of torment.' Abraham replied,
'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.' 'No, Father
Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they
will repent.' He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the
Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the
dead.'
- Jesus in Luke 16:19-31 |